Derek Sherrod practicing, looking healthy for Packers

Posted by Josh Alper on October 18, 2013, 8:44 AM EST

AP

This is the second straight year that Packers tackle Derek Sherrod has started on the physically unable to perform list, but initial signs from his return to practice this week suggest a happier ending this time around.

Sherrod was shut down for the year after two weeks of practice last year because he was still suffering complications related to his extended recovery from a broken leg. This time around, Sherrod is practicing without a limp and offensive line coach James Campen said that the difference from last year was night and day from 2012.

After missing so much time, Sherrod isn’t likely to be ready to play right away. If he avoids setbacks over the next couple of weeks, however, it would seem likely that the Packers would activate him from the PUP list in order to get him as much practice time as possible at the very least. If his recovery progresses fast enough for him to make an impact during games as well, all the better for a 2011 first-round pick who has spent scant time on the field since starting his professional career.

If he can come in by week 10 or 11 and be a better RT than Don Barclay the Pack could end up having one of the best offensive lines in football. The guy has the size at 6’6 and 320, hopefully he’ll have some power back.

If not, we’ll be ok with 5 yards a carry we’ve been getting out of the backfield so far.

If he can come in by week 10 or 11 and be a better RT than Don Barclay the Pack could end up having one of the best offensive lines in football.
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Would this be the same Don Barclay the Packers describe as their “Best Run Blocker”?
Just checkin’

How long has he been out with a broken leg?! This training staff is the worst in the history of football.
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Broke both bones in his lower leg, with nerve and artery damage, and had e4mergency surgery immediately following the game. The same injury has ENDED more that one NBA career. I don’t know about the GB training staff, and Spielman might be a magician, but you certainly are no doctor, that’s obvious!

Rick Spielman is a Magician says:
Oct 18, 2013 11:12 AM
How long has he been out with a broken leg?! This training staff is the worst in the history of football. I guess we can look forward to seeing Randall Cobb sometime in 2015.
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He had emergency surgery in Kansas city by the (non Packer) medical staff there at the hospital that was apparently botched. That’s why it took so long.